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Yes, it was a test. Truthfully I found it to have succeeded in getting the information we wanted. Say as you will, you instantly called for support as well as didn't instantly have your systems mark us as anything other than what I assume to be an enemy vessel, or other hostile entity. What this tells me is that the National Council did not set forth information relays of past dealings, as many others have before them for when the next upstart group powers it's way into Malta's throne.

For clarity's sake, I am not the Capitane of the vessel you encountered. I run it's communications and recon work. As to the nature of what we do and what we are, I'm sure you got enough of your own sensory data spooling out what that could be. To you it may be a bad comedy, for us it's simply testing the waters. Unless you convince us otherwise, there seems to be little point in pressing on with this until yet another upstart family on Malta takes things over and we do this dance all over again.

As to who I am. I am Omer Darche. I've long since lost any real titles or positions, they don't really mean much in my line of work. As to how we did this? Work. Dedication. Working and making agreements with the "Ghosts of Razgriz". From there, the "Crimson Cross". Then lastly, the National Council. Each one looked to the past agreements and workings and have decided to uphold them. Surely, as the political seasons change on Malta we sometimes must ignore the region, but we're always around.

And the last question. I wish people stopped asking that. If I say yes, then what? It is your trust, mon ami. It is yours to use, not ours.

I doubt it would be wise to include the Oracles. They are a maddened bunch of cultists who stray from practical thoughts and "worship" the Lights like archaic clans of legend back on Sol. If it's someone outside of their robes then by all means I'd talk to them, however due to the Oracle's past actions my boss doesn't take lightly to them.

Past dealings were and are complicated. Originally, we had a small operational base in Bastia and was given free flight within Maltese space, including around the black hole. Basic rights of a Maltese person. In exchange, we assisted in matters of the Light, or "Nomadic" topics. We also swore to answer calls for any operations, internally or externally. And, of course, see that the Orange Route continues untouched. It's been altered and changed slightly, keeping us more towards the shipyards in Omicron-Tau and Alpha. But the general feel of the agreement remained the same. We provide a link and assistance when needed, we're allowed free roam and minor rights in Maltese space.

The ship in question, the Vatan, is or was a Pious-class Battlecruiser of Gallia. State-of-the-art technology, full works. As mentioned before your scanner data picked up how much that remains true. Even if we wanted to broadcast false transponder identification pings, visual data gives away the nature of the ship as you have seen. Any modern scanner will ping us as non-human due to the amount of reworked and frankly "xenological" surrounding and within the ship. I'll be frank by saying that this aspect won't change. If anything, it'll continue to adapt to become more like them, less human.

I hope this answers at least most of your queries.

We have little intention to smear anything if that is a concern. If you want this person to speak to us, fine. Their agent's actions in space have caused great grief however.

As for the ship. Once more, it's a Pious-class Battlecruiser. As for equipment I'm not sure what you want me to say. Most of it is bog-standard royal navy tech. If you want information on the non-human aspects? What do you even want me to say? I can't read off manufacturer codes. There's tendrils just about everywhere, both within and outside of the vessel. About a third, if not more, of the vessel has been overtaken by nomadic growths, and hull repairs have been instead replaced with a strong carbon-metallic alloy that I can't really say more about. I'm not a metallurgist or doctorate engineer.

Past that, some of the tendrils on the outside of the vessel act to expel energy. Some are for combative purposes, some are to control the cloud that surrounds the vessel, or communication to my understanding. Past that, I'm not going to hand over every single internal data-point so code monkeys can scan out weaknesses or something. I shouldn't have to explain that even more that the ship is more than half xenologic in nature at this point.

Seeing as we've been in Maltese space, I'm not sure what you are on about. Our vessel roams the Omicrons, or Gallic-occupied space. Sometimes as far as Bretonian space. You seem to mistake that you are the "new kids on the block". Check docking logs on Venice, we've docked there within the last month.

If you intended to turn us away with your childish behaviour, I wish you had at least said so up front. I did not want to have to waste my time attempting to explain it to your ill informed existence how things work. We'll wait until someone competent retakes power within Malta's political sphere. Not that you even have much say in it as it stands.